COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTIONSpeakeasy Ales and Lagers is happy to introduce Scarface Imperial Stout. A complicated brew – behind its fiercely black exterior is a mélange of subtly different roasted malt flavors that add nuance and depth to a style of beer that is too often heavy and one dimensional. To add a bit of roundness to the flavor we diverted about 20% of the brew into our Heaven Hill bourbon barrels, one of which we topped up with cacao nibs from our friends at local San Francisco organic chocolate makers, TCHO, for a period of oak-aging before blending it back into the primary batch.This is a special beer that reveals a little something different about itself every sip.
Malts: American 2-row, Belgian Dark Caramel, French Coffee Malt, Chilean Black Malt and English Roasted Barley
Hops: Columbus
Alcohol by Volume: 9.5%
70 IBUs

On tap at Pi Bar. Big, intense looking black pour with a thick one-finger tan head. Interesting aroma of roast, dark chocolate, anise, oak, and bourbon. The flavor is slightly sweet and slightly bitter with dark chocolate, molasses, bourbon, earth, and licorice. Full bodied with average carbonation for the style and a slightly tannic mouthfeel. Some boozy warmth. Fills you the hell up. Solid effort from Speakeasy.

foamy yet thick and substantial with an altogether well bred spice and bit of smoke blended perfectly with a chocolate coffee. still beery and not boozy it enhances what i like. B-E-E-R! some more on the body it’s thick like souffle. brought to you in good condition from a fine tap line @ Rattle and Hum nyc. small mocha head.

Bottle, thanks Jason! Thick black pour, tan head. Aroma had notes of pine, and resinous hops, leading into chocolate, coffee, roast, and some dark fruit. Hoppy stout for sure, big pine up front leading into nice dark malt, with notes of chocolate and coffee, touch of vanilla from the bourbon, and a roasty dry finish. Nice brew.

1L bottle. Poured deeper brown with a tall, creamy cap of deep tan head. The aroma picked up toasty, sweeter malts with accents of sweet bourbon and vanilla.. some toasty stuff on the back, but very sweet overall. The flavor found sweet black patent and chocolatey malts at the core, with more chocolatey stuff and a hefty dose of fresh pine bitterness on the edges.. the bourbon was on the light side (until the end), joining decently with the other components.. peppery alcohol accented on the finish, which carried through a whole lot of sweetness. Heavier-bodied and very sweet as mentioned on the palate, but also quite bitter and roasty.. the barrel treatment worked well, but it just wasn’t a great base beer.

Thanks Jason. The beer pours to a pitch black body with a very creamy dark tan/brown head. The aroma is light chocolate and lots of pine hops. The palate is dry and roasty. Medium bodied at best. Very, very hoppy for a stout. Lots of dry roasted malts and a huge coffee. Almost like a high ABV FFF Black Sun Stout, but not as good.

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